I Am a Hero vs Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

I Am a Hero has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.4/10 for Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom). Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 6m. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is the older of the two (1976 against 2016). Both are drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

I Am a Hero posterI Am a Hero2016 VS Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom posterSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1976
I Am a HeroSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 6.4/10
Year20161976
Length2h 6m1h 56m
GenresAction, Drama, HorrorDrama, Horror
Country––
DirectorShinsuke SatoPier Paolo Pasolini
Main castMasami Nagasawa, Nana Katase, Yo Oizumi, Yoshinori Okada, Kasumi ArimuraPaolo Bonacelli, Antonio Orlando, Hélène Surgère, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle

Synopsis

I Am a Hero

Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low self-esteem, resulting in frustration. One day, the world as Hideo knows it is shattered by the presence of a disease that turns people into homicidal maniacs, whose first instinct is to…

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

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